Netflix released the first five episodes of Squid Game: The Challenge recently, which is a reality show based on the highly popular Korean drama, but the competition series has already been in the news for months, after contestants complained of injuries sustained during filming. Now a U.K.-based law firm is threatening legal action on some of those contestants’ behalf, prompting a producer on the show to fire back and point a finger at reality television in America.
Netflix responded to contestants’ claims of frostbite and other maladies back in January 2023, saying that “appropriate safety measures” were taken and that claims of serious injury were “untrue.” Squid Game: The Challenge’s executive producers echoed that in response to Express Solicitors seeking compensation for its clients. EP Stephen Lambert admitted that with over $4 million on the line, the challenges were supposed to be difficult, but said the conditions were not even as bad as some American reality shows. Lambert told THR:
